This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What can readers infer about why Hera and Athene fight on the side of the Greeks? A) They were not chosen by Paris to receive the golden apple. B) They were commanded by Zeus to choose the side of the Greeks. C) They were not worshipped by the Trojans. D) They had a quarrel with Aphrodite and Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were not chosen by Paris to receive the golden apple. 2. Where is Achilles weak spot? A) Leg. B) Head. C) Heel. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heel. 3. GLEEFULLY means: A) Swiftly. B) Tactfully. C) Joyfully. D) Angrily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joyfully. 4. Why were Greeks and Trojans at war? A) Because the Greek wanted the Trojan horse. B) Because Zeus wanted the Greek to suffer. C) Because Achilles hated the general Agamemnon. D) Because the Trojan took Helen, the wife of the King of Sparta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because the Trojan took Helen, the wife of the King of Sparta. 5. What is the final destination of Menelaus and Helen after the Trojan War according to the narrator? A) Ithaca. B) Egypt. C) Sparta. D) Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sparta. 6. What act by Agamemnon made Achilles so angry he refused to fight for the Greeks? A) He took Achilles' war prize away from him. B) He killed Patroclus. C) He refused to hold funeral rites for Patroclus. D) He didn't pay Achilles enough to fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He took Achilles' war prize away from him. 7. What urged Patroclus to go to Achilles tent? A) The Trojan were in the Greek camp, and started burning the ships. B) He saw a dream that the Greeks might lose the war. C) He wanted to see how it's to fight wearing Achilles armor. D) He missed his best friend and wanted to see him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Trojan were in the Greek camp, and started burning the ships. 8. Friendly group who offers Odysseus's men a sweet treat. A) White Walkers. B) Lotus Eaters. C) Libertarians. D) The Dark Brotherhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lotus Eaters. 9. Where are Telemachus and Odysseus from? A) Troy. B) Sparta. C) Piles. D) Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ithaca. 10. At the opening of The Iliad, the Trojan Was as been going on for ..... A) Six months. B) Three years. C) Nine years. D) Hasn't yet begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nine years. 11. Which lit device?:teaches and wrong through actions in a story A) Creation story. B) Epic poem. C) Morality tale. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morality tale. 12. Which of the following statements best shows Agamemnon's reasoning for taking Briseis from Achilles? A) "But he was in command of the Greek army, and he couldn't allow Achilles to defy him.". B) "It's your fault Let the old priest take his daughter back.". C) "But Agamemnon refused to take the treasure. He treated the old man rudely and sent him away.". D) "Why should I suffer? My men and I deserve some reward for fighting your war." (16). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "But he was in command of the Greek army, and he couldn't allow Achilles to defy him.". 13. Homer's epics had a tremendous influence on later generations of Greek writers. A) True. B) False. C) Somehow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Which god(dess) convinces a Trojan soldier to shoot an arrow? A) Athena. B) Aphrodite. C) Hera. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 15. Epics, in their usual form is in: A) Compilation of short descriptive stories. B) A long narrative poem. C) A long narrative prose. D) Long poetry but in short chunks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compilation of short descriptive stories. 16. This is the sacred bond between a host and a guest in Greek traditions that Paris broke after stealing Helen away from Sparta. A) Xenenoma. B) Xenophobia. C) Xelaena. D) Xenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Xenia. 17. Who kneels and kisses Achilles' hands as a sign of desperation and pleading? A) Hector. B) Andromache. C) Priam. D) Hecuba. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Priam. 18. What is the main conflict in the Iliad? A) Achilles' whole. B) Greek mythology. C) Trojan War. D) Diomedes and. Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trojan War. 19. Who is the Greek hero that kills Hector in the Iliad? A) Odysseus. B) Achilles. C) Agamemnon. D) Menelaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achilles. 20. Zeus feels sorry for A) Andromache. B) Hecuba. C) Hector. D) Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hector. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesThe Iliad Quiz 1The Iliad Quiz 2The Iliad Quiz 3The Iliad Quiz 4The Iliad Quiz 5The Iliad Quiz 6The Iliad Quiz 7The Iliad Quiz 8The Iliad Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books